In 2021, passengers in the United Kingdom traveled on a total of 12.4 billion kilometers on national rail services, a year-over-year decrease of around 80 percent amid the COVID-19 pandemic. During the same year, the length of the rail route open to passengers in the UK reached 14,712 kilometers.
Total historical passenger kilometers in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1950 to 2021
(in billion kilometers)
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GOV.UK. (December 16, 2021). Total historical passenger kilometers in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1950 to 2021 (in billion kilometers) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 25, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/304959/historical-national-rail-passenger-kilometres-in-the-uk/
GOV.UK. "Total historical passenger kilometers in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1950 to 2021 (in billion kilometers)." Chart. December 16, 2021. Statista. Accessed May 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/304959/historical-national-rail-passenger-kilometres-in-the-uk/
GOV.UK. (2021). Total historical passenger kilometers in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1950 to 2021 (in billion kilometers). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/304959/historical-national-rail-passenger-kilometres-in-the-uk/
GOV.UK. "Total Historical Passenger Kilometers in The United Kingdom (Uk) from 1950 to 2021 (in Billion Kilometers)." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Dec 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/304959/historical-national-rail-passenger-kilometres-in-the-uk/
GOV.UK, Total historical passenger kilometers in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1950 to 2021 (in billion kilometers) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/304959/historical-national-rail-passenger-kilometres-in-the-uk/ (last visited May 25, 2022)
